What is included in daily travel expenses
When a worker is sent on a business trip, he retains his full salary, and the employer also compensates his employee for expenses incurred during the departure.
The concept of “per diem” implies reimbursement of the following production costs:
- accommodation in another city with rental of residential premises (apartments, hostel rooms);
- purchase of food or expenses for food in a cafe, canteen, restaurant;
- use of public transport, both ground and airplane;
- attending work-related events.
- other expenses necessary to fulfill the tasks set by the manager.
In practice, determining the daily allowance rate for a business trip is problematic: the employer finds it difficult to determine the needs of a subordinate and calculate the amount necessary for living.
Business trips without daily allowance
(When an employer is not obliged to pay daily allowances and what will happen if they are paid during such business trips)
An employee sent on a business trip must be paid daily allowance <1>. The payment of daily allowance is due to the fact that an employee who lives away from home during a business trip may have additional expenses for food and household needs. But there is an exception to this rule. If an employee is sent to an area from which he returns home every day, then the daily allowance is not paid <2>.
The business traveler returns home every day
An employee can return home if he is sent on a business trip:
<or> for 1 day. Moreover, this can be a business trip either to a nearby settlement (for example, from Moscow to Mytishchi), or to a settlement located at a considerable distance from the place where he usually works (for example, from Moscow to Vladivostok);
